The meeting, which began with a presentation from Fox and concluded with small-group discussions, was an attempt to start answering that question.

The definition of community-oriented policing changes with the community, but Fox provided the following version from the Department of Justice: “a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder and fear of crime.”